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The surname Durham is English and a name from Durham, a city, named from Old English dun 'hill' + Old Norse holmr 'island'.
I know this name is of the English origin. Back from when they lived in Britian.
"Urshalim" is the oldest name consistently used for the city. After this came the Hebrew "Yerushalaim". The English "Jerusalem" is a derivative of these names.
Siracusa is the name of a city on the east coast of Sicily. With a population of 125,000, it is the island's fourth largest city. It is also one of the oldest. It was founded by the Greeks in 734 B.C. In English it is called Syracuse.
The English name for Xianggang is Hong Kong.
Florence I know because I'm learning Italian.
The name of the city in English is Rangoon. "Myanmar" is pronounced "burma", and the name of the country in English is Burma.
Mee-LAH-noh is the pronunciation of 'Milano'. It's the name of an important city of fashion and industry in northern Italy. English speakers know the city as 'Milan'.
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"The Hague" is the English name for the city, Den Haag.
name comes from the English city of hamburg where the hamburger was originated Hamburg IS NOT a city in England - is is a seaport city in Germany.
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Hong Kong is the English word for it. The real Chinese word for it is Xianggang meaning 'beautiful harbour' but its harbour is anything but that IMPROVE: it Actually mean Fragrant harbour because Hong Kong used to Export Fragrant insences
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English speakers refer to the city 'Aken' by its German name of 'Aachen' or by its French name of 'Aix La Chappelle'.
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